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This goes out to all parents of prekindergarteners, 5th graders, 8th graders and high school seniors:

--That time is past, And all its aching joys are now no more, And all its dizzy raptures. Not for this Faint I, nor mourn no murmur; other giftsHave followed, for such loss, I would believe,Abundant recompence.

I heard a wonderful interview with Priscilla Gilman on Leonard Lopate's WNYC show yesterday. Her memoir is called "The Anti-Romantic Child" about her son with hyperlexia. It sounds like a terrific book, but I had a driveway moment (while parallel parking) when she read an excerpt from "Lines Written a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey" by William Wordsworth. Yesterday was my daughters' effective last day of high school. It is over. We did a good job; they did a good job. It is time to push them out of the nest with a brave face. So for all of you getting ready to leave the fours, 5th grade, 8th grade or 12th grade...

--That time is past, And all its aching joys are now no more, And all its dizzy raptures. Not for this Faint I, nor mourn no murmur; other giftsHave followed, for such loss, I would believe,Abundant recompence.